International Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice

Origins of the Metropolitan Police

Documents

The following documents are available for background material when considering the questions on the work sheet. A small image of the document, or the first page of a multi-page document, is displayed for reference purposes.

Two pictures of watchmen: one outside his hut and the other walking the street.

Report of the proceedings at eight police offices on Saturday 14th June 1828 (3 pages).

The evidence of Sir Nathaniel Conant, Chief Magistrate at Bow Street, to the Select Committee, 26th April 1816 (12 pages).

Some of the original documents have a tall and narrow aspect ratio making it difficult to fit them onto a single page for printing whilst retaining their legibilty. In such cases the page image of the document has been split into two to give a continuation page.